Traffic & Crashes

Crash: Teen seriously injured after fleeing police

A teenager suffered a serious head injury after crashing a car while fleeing police. The incident occurred after a Bay of Plenty police officer saw four people... Read More

SH2 Waimana Gorge closed due to slips

Multiple slips and areas of localised flooding have closed State Highway 2 between Awakeri and Kutarere. The road is closed from the SH30/SH2 Awakeri intersection... Read More

Traffic gridlock from Te Puna to Bethlehem

SunLive readers are reporting huge traffic delays on State Highway 2 between Te Puna and Bethlehem. "Traffic is just gridlock from the BP station at Te Puna,"... Read More

Delays expected following Mount crash

UPDATE 9.27AM: All lanes of Hewletts Road are now open following a crash earlier this morning. Tauranga City Council reported a crash on Hewletts Road, between... Read More

Flooding, slips close SH2 Tāneatua to Nukuhou

UPDATE 8.42pm: State Highway 2 is now closed between Tāneatua and Nukuhou due to flooding and slips. The closure was previously in place from Awakeri to Ōpōtiki,... Read More

Slips on BOP and Waikato highways

Motorists travelling around the Bay of Plenty and Waikato regions are being warned to drive with care. The regions have been pelted by continuous heavy rain which... Read More

Crash reported on SH29, Lower Kaimai

Police are attending the scene of a crash on State Highway 29, Lower Kaimai. Information regarding the incident is limited at this time. Police received the... Read More

Car crashes into median barrier on SH2, Bethlehem

A SunLive reader is reporting a vehicle has collided with the median barrier on State Highway 2 near Bethlehem. Emergency services including fire, ambulance and... Read More

Police name man who died in Mount Maunganui crash

Police can now confirm the name of the person who died in a collision between a bicycle and a vehicle on Friday April 28. "He was Bryan Edward Marris, 59, of... Read More

Fallen tree blocking lane on SH2, Bethlehem

Police are at the scene of a fallen tree on State Highway 2 near Bethlehem. It is understood the tree is blocking a lane on SH2 between Wairoa River Bridge and... Read More

Update on Cameron Road construction

Work is continuing on both the Elizabeth Street and Fifteenth Avenue intersection upgrades. Works at these major intersections involve complex underground works... Read More

Waikato and BOP state highway works for May

As colder nights become the norm, Waka Kotahi NZTA are preparing to roll out the winter road maintenance programme. 'Given the weather-related delays we... Read More